Word: classe
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...news of the insanity of Mr. Anton Leister has reached us. Mr. Leister was last year a member of the Class of '80, and was formerly a member of the Class of '79. He was well known as a brilliant scholar, and his misfortune is the result of overwork. This calamity brings forcibly to our minds the sad cases of last year, and once more suggests the danger to which our most ambitious students are liable. The present absurd manner of marking discourages many students from doing hard work; but to those who are dependent on scholarships, and are conscientious...
...space devoted to the subject of scholarships in the President's Report, and the fact that many of the Junior class have just been writing forensics on the propriety of throwing them open to those who are not in need, makes this a very suitable time for the further discussion of our present system of scholarships. In another column will be found a communication from a graduate, and we shall be glad to welcome any intelligent discussion of the subject. It is evident that it is not closed by the President's Report. He has shown, to be sure, that...
...most of the people in the States accuse us of being conservative snobs, that they come over here and copy these very snobs in loud clothes and detestable habits? Naturally enough, they don't take our nicest people for models; just as we who may not know any first class Parisians, form our opinions of the French nation from what we see of "cabbies" and shop-girls. You see I am trying not to be prejudiced either against you Yankees or for us. I send by this post some Oxford newspapers that may interest you, and remain...
...remaining half of the class was Davidson McClure, of Philadelphia. He was an unlucky youth, awkward and clumsy, always hurting himself; in fact, it was a constant matter of wonder to all his relations how Davidson had managed to live so long. McClure was a hard student; and for a while all went well. But on an unlucky day he stumbled over a chair in a recitation-room, and, where any common man would merely have barked his shin, McClure broke his right arm and two fingers of his left hand. Recitations were postponed. Hardly had McClure recovered, when...
...Lawrence Scientific School. Under the impetus given by this important improvement the school was fast becoming a large and flourishing institution. That year three men presented themselves for admission; and about two thirds of the applicants were successful. The Faculty were pleased beyond measure. This was the largest class known for years. But soon a difficulty arose. A close examination of the books of the successful candidates showed that either A had copied from B, or B from A. This was a serious dilemma; but the Faculty were equal to the occasion. They selected the man whose coat fitted...